Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Dell SVR4 on non-Dell hardware? Keywords: not DELL's opinions, but observations.. Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 14:59:39 GMT References: <70234@microsoft.UUCP> <14656@uudell.dell.com> <3085@sixhub.UUCP> <290@mondy.UUCP> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 38 In <290@mondy.UUCP> mdm@mondy.UUCP (Michael D. Mondy) writes: >In article <14656@uudell.dell.com> sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair) writes: >steve> [...] >steve> **IF YOU INTEND TO RUN DELL's SYS V.4, on *non-DELL* h/w: >steve> [...] >steve> 3) Tape Controllers/Tape Drives: Adaptec *QIC150/250* drive >steve> Adaptec Tape Controller >steve> *are the *ONLY* supported controller & drive* >In article <3085@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >bill> My beta stuff said Wangtek PC-36 and EV-811, and experience says they >bill> both work, with the 5099 or 5125 drives. >bill> > Dell used to (still does?) sell the Wangtek 5150EQ drive which uses a >QIC-02 interface (as opposed to a SCSI or QIC-36 interface). The adaptor >for this drive is the PC-02. It appears that the device driver also >supports the PC-36 adaptor which uses QIC-36 to the wangtek 5xxxEK and >5xxxEN drives? > I cannot imagine that Dell would drop support for hardware that they sell >when coming out with a new release of unix! It would not exactly have a >positive effect on customer upgrades :). > Anybody know which adaptors are functionally equivalent to each other? >I imagine people would like to run scsi tape drives off of the 1542; perhaps >someone at Dell can comment on when support for this will be available. I'm not really a hardware guru but I *think* that QIC-02 is a subset of QIC-36 i.e. yes QIC-02 drives do indeed work. Having fooled around with a few Quarter Inch Cartridge drives under V4 (including the 5150EQ), I have yet to find one that won't work. Your mileage may vary :-) Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"